• Four owners from new • Automatic transmission • Factory-converted to triple Weber carburettors • Present ownership since 2001 • Professionally maintained regardless of cost "On taking over the DB6 one is immediately astonished by its flexibility.

In spite of multiple carburettor chokes, it will idle through traffic like a dowager's limousine and will accelerate on a high gear in a manner which is rare even among the biggest V8 power units." - John Bolster, Autosport , 21st October 1966 (reviewing the DB6 Vantage).

The culmination of Aston-Martin's long-running line of 'DB' six-cylinder sports saloons, the DB6 was introduced in 1965.

Recognisably related to the Carrozzeria Touring-styled DB4 of 1958, the DB6 abandoned the Superleggera body structure of its predecessors in favour of a conventional steel fabrication.

Despite the change, the body shop continued to apply 'Superleggera' badges until stocks ran out! The wheelbase was now 4" longer than before, resulting in an extensive ...